This is yesterday's work. I didn't have time to post but here's what I did. Also realized this is post #100 for this blog.
The last post, I mentioned how it looked like someone had hit the trailer, bending the fender. Well, it looks like it was hit again. Now it's starting to piss me off.
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| compare this with last fender pic I posted |
Still, it doesn't look like it'll affect the use of the trailer.
I arrived around 930am, and went right to work. I have been waiting for good weather to start taking off the bottom paint. Got some protective gear to do the work and very thankful that I had it all too.
I put down some plastic to catch the chips of bottom paint.
I used a durable paint scraper to get the majority of the paint off. Still have a lot of work left to do but it's getting there.
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| starboard side |
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| starboard side |
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| old repairs on port side near the rudder |
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| port side: repairs needed |
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| more needed repairs |
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| Looking down port side |
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| still have upper parts to remove |
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| rudder will need some work too. |
As you can see from the pictures, I'm discovering that there are lots of old repairs and areas in need of repairs. The parts in need of repairs are not really any bigger than a dime. Still, they'll need to be ground out, filled with epoxy and some fairing work needed. For the most part, it looks like the bottom paint was applied over the gelcoat. It doesn't look like bare glass. But the blue was applied over a red paint. Primer maybe? It alternated back and forth so maybe it was just a contrasting color to check coverage. The plan is to get the bottom faired smooth and then I'll use a few coats of barrier coat, like Interlux 2000E.
It's a good thing I got the coveralls. That bottom paint dust gets everywhere. Unfortunately, as soon as I sat down, the paints rode up a bit. I'm 6'5" so not really made for my size. Not only that, the hood didn't stay on my head either so I had a blue neck too. At least the face mask kept anything from flying into my eyes or breathing it in. Very important there too. I used foot covers so that is why my socks look (but not) clean here.
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| coverall pants rode up a bit |
The LED lighting I installed in the head went well but the wires were dangling around so I got some clips that I installed to hold them up and out of the way. There's two clips shown in the pic but two more behind the bulkhead keeping the other wires out of sight.
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| organized wires |
Lastly, I got a couple mounts to hold the hose for the Airhead along with 1" Velcro. The mounts I got is called a Footmans Loop that I bought from
Sailrite.
The hose is held nicely in place. I still need to connect the hose to the head itself then it could be useable. I still think this head project turned out well.
Still some bottom paint need to be removed. it wasn't easy crawling around the trailer and working around the keel/mast. The roller are in the way too but I'm still doing what I can.
